Douluo: Unlocking the Great Secrets of the Human Body, Becoming a Heavenly Demon

"Get lost!"

A low shout rang out. The dazzling spiritual power jolted the sinking youths awake. Merely meeting Bai Xu's gaze sent waves of stabbing pain through their Spirit Seas, leaving them drenched in sweat.

But Bai Xu had no status either.

Perhaps some of them came from prosperous families and had nothing to fear. They endured Bai Xu's gaze and remained where they were.

Bai Xu did not drive them away. Instead, he turned around and transmitted, "They're coming. Are you ready?"

Na'er glanced back, nodded, and the two stopped speaking.

The train pulled into the station. Bai Xu shielded Na'er as they boarded the Soul Guidance Train. She sat by the window, while Bai Xu sat beside her. A few of the people who had followed them aboard did not even look for seats, seemingly afraid of disturbing the lovely girl over there.

The two remained silent throughout the journey. Ten minutes later, Bai Xu stood and headed for the restroom.

Not long after Bai Xu left, a handsome young man in luxurious clothing approached her. Rather than taking Bai Xu's seat, he displayed impeccable gentlemanly manners, bowing as he extended an invitation. "Beautiful miss, may I know your name? I am Ouyang Zhenxin, from Shrek City."

"I have a boyfriend. He just went out," Na'er replied coldly.

Ouyang Zhenxin was not surprised. He glanced in Bai Xu's direction and smiled gently. "Could you leave me your Soul Guidance Communication number? We can stay in touch afterward."

"No need." Na'er rejected him icily. To be honest, she found him disgusting.

"All right, then."

Similar scenes happened from time to time. One man with an air of wealth even asked, "Would you be willing to ditch that friend of yours and come with me? My family is one of the foremost great families in Shrek City, and we even have a Titled Douluo in our clan. Not only can I provide you with resources, I can also—"

"Get lost!" Na'er was truly sick of it.

When Bai Xu returned, he asked, "How was it?"

"A little irritating."

Bai Xu was not surprised. "It's only just begun. Did you reveal your identity?"

"No."

"Generally speaking, when trouble arises outside, the first thing people do is announce their family background. Yet you endured all this harassment without revealing your identity. What does that mean? Do you know?"

"I have no power backing me. Would they really dare to force things openly?"

Bai Xu smiled. "Who can say? Don't underestimate your beauty, Na'er. The law of the jungle has never changed. It has merely been wrapped in the Federation's skin, making it look a little more regulated."

Na'er: "..."

Bai Xu and Na'er got off at Cloud Sea City. It was a small, underdeveloped city. Rumor had it that its main urban district was built on a mountain, and when the fog was thick, the entire city seemed to rest above a sea of clouds.

"They didn't keep following us," Na'er said after looking back.

"Your talent has been taken back, so your senses have weakened. They're still watching you—and quite a few more have come."

Bai Xu smiled as Mysterious Yellow Qi surfaced in his eyes. "The strongest is only a Soul King? They think far too little of us."

Bai Xu's cultivation had already reached Rank 44, and he would soon break through to Rank 45. To be honest, he did not fear a Soul King.

"How does it feel?"

"Being watched feels terrible. If they capture me, I'll probably become that man's concubine, won't I?" Na'er sighed, a trace of killing intent flashing through her eyes.

If her talent had not been taken back, she would have already pierced him to death with the Silver Dragon Spear.

"No. They're hiding for now because they want to assess our background. There are people in Cloud Sea City whom they cannot afford to provoke. Let's leave the city and make them act sooner."

"You plan to kill them? Aren't you afraid their family will come after you?"

"No matter how powerful they are, can they be more powerful than the Spirit Pagoda? Besides, the proctor is watching. Don't panic—the proctor is a six-ring Soul Emperor."

"How do you know the teacher is at the Soul Emperor level?" Na'er asked in confusion.

Bai Xu pointed at his shoulder, where a faintly visible soul spirit appeared. It was Da Huang. He smiled. "He told me. Or rather, my Heavenly Eye saw through it."

As his strength gradually grew, Bai Xu also slowly came to understand his relationship with the Spirit of the Plane.

In truth, all this Soul Power belonged to the Spirit of the Plane. Once he reached the Titled Douluo realm, the Spirit of the Plane would separate from him and take on a tangible form to walk the continent.

For now, Bai Xu was its agent, and he had to bear this karma.

The Spirit of the Plane had shown him grace. Although it had summoned Bai Xu here by accident, causing him to embark on the path of cultivation by accident as well, this karma had to be repaid eventually.

And it was no small karma.

The Spirit of the Plane had also told him about his future path. It would gradually manifest its abilities in the form of soul rings.

The Fourth Soul Skill—'Good Luck'—was merely a simple application. Its essence was fate, but because the Spirit of the Plane had been stripped of its status, it could only produce the result of good luck.

But that also meant that once Bai Xu reached Rank 90 and separated from the Spirit of the Plane, he might be exposed beneath Tang Hao's watchful eyes. As the awakened lord of the plane, Tang Hao could sense Bai Xu's Demon from Beyond the Heavens soul and existence. What would happen then... was hard to say.

As the saying went, cultivation had only three realms: ants, fellow cultivators, and seniors.

The reason one cultivated diligently was so that one day, when some unknown existence discovered them, it would not look down from on high, shout, "Ant!" and slap them to death.

Bai Xu did not actually possess a Martial Soul. It was only because the Spirit of the Plane resided within him, using its final breath of Mysterious Yellow fortune to lodge itself in his eyes, that he became a Soul Master—and was even given Innate Full Soul Power.

The Spirit of the Plane said that whether it was destruction or rebuilding would depend on Bai Xu's will, but if Bai Xu truly destroyed the Douluo Continent in the future, he did not believe the Spirit of the Plane could simply stand by.

It might say that, but he could not actually do it!

Karma never vanished. What had to be repaid would always be repaid.

"This is... the Spirit of the Plane!!!" Na'er transmitted in shock. She had lost count of how many times Bai Xu had shaken her to the core. It seemed that whenever she was by his side, she could no longer maintain that aloof expression.

"That's right, Silver Dragon's other half."

Gu Yue had once told her that the Spirit of the Plane had chosen someone. That person possessed the ability to comprehend past and present, and his eyes could see through all things.

But now... the Spirit of the Plane resided within Bai Xu. That meant the Douluo Plane had completely placed its bet. It had wagered everything on Bai Xu.

It firmly believed that he could lead the plane toward glory!

This was cooperation, and it was mutually beneficial.

"We can talk about that later. They've arrived!" Bai Xu said calmly.

As his words fell, several figures appeared with a series of whooshes, blocking Bai Xu and Na'er's path.

"Once you leave Cloud Sea City, where else can you go?" An elegant voice sounded from behind the group. A figure slowly stepped forward. When Na'er saw his face, her brows furrowed slightly.

It was Ouyang Zhenxin, the graceful young nobleman who had approached her on the train.

She had not expected that such a refined young gentleman would commit such vile acts. A human-faced beast—was this the truth beneath his mask?

"May I ask who you are?" Bai Xu asked doubtfully.

"I am Ouyang Zhenxin. Leave your little lover behind and run for your life." Ouyang seemed extremely confident. He glanced at the five elderly men behind him and smiled faintly.

"Young Master Ouyang, aren't your actions a blatant disregard for Federation law? A disregard for worldly morals? The Federation absolutely does not permit acts like forcibly taking women," Bai Xu said with a frown.

Ouyang burst into laughter, unable to hold himself back. "You really are naive. At first, I thought this young lady was from a great family in Cloud Sea City. I wanted to learn her background so I could pursue a marriage alliance."

"Who would have thought you were merely passing through? Then I won't hold back. Federation law? If I kill you and take her, who will know? Will the law know?"

"Attack!"

Bai Xu showed no expression. Faced with five Soul Kings rapidly closing in, he did not move. With a mere thought, Spirit Shock arrived in an instant.

The first to be struck died on the spot, his head exploding. The second had his Spirit Sea collapse, and the third suffered brain death—

Even when Bai Xu was weak, his Spirit Shock could injure Evil Soul Masters at the Soul Emperor level. Now that the five elements had gathered, his spiritual power had become even more solid.

From Ouyang Zhenxin's perspective, the clan elders had only just attacked when they died bizarrely before even getting close. Warm blood splattered across his face, freezing his arrogant expression as disbelief filled his features.

Only after three seconds did he realize that the situation was hopeless. Terror swept through his body, leaving his legs weak. He collapsed helplessly to the ground, gulping in air. "Y-you... was it you? You monster!"

Bai Xu sighed. "Ouyang Zhenxin, actually—"

Before he could finish, his expression abruptly changed. The golden sword slowly appearing in his hand had only manifested halfway, because Bai Xu sensed that the proctor who had been following them had made a move.

"Wait!" A loud shout came from the sky.

Bai Xu ignored it. He used Spirit Shock again, directly extinguishing Ouyang Zhenxin's life force.

"You!" The Shrek Academy proctor shouted, but there was nothing he could do to Bai Xu. He knew that Bai Xu's Sky Eye Martial Soul specialized in Mental Attacks, but he had not expected it to instantly kill Soul Kings. Did that not mean Bai Xu had not used his full strength during the academy competition?

"Teacher! Why are you here?" Bai Xu pretended not to know, crying out in surprise, "Perfect timing! These people were trying to forcibly take a member of Shrek and even threatened to kill me, so I killed them in self-defense!"

The teacher glared furiously. "This is serious! Who allowed you to take lives?"

"It certainly is serious. Those fools did not even know the identity of the person behind me, yet they dared to rob her by force? Ask the Ouyang Family whether they dare seize the direct disciple of the current Sea God Pavilion Master!" Bai Xu shouted, his momentum no weaker than the teacher's.

Even if this matter reached Yun Ming, the Ouyang Family would still have to come and apologize with gifts.

Because Shrek's protectiveness of its own was known to all.

The proctor froze and looked at the young woman behind Bai Xu. She nodded without speaking, her expression cold.

As a Shrek teacher, she naturally understood the weight of Bai Xu's words.

The proctor's expression turned ugly. "Continue the examination. If anything happens again, I will not intervene. I will only serve as a proctor."

Na'er's lips twitched slightly. This guy had borrowed someone else's influence perfectly. Once the Sea God Pavilion Master's name was invoked, the matter became easy to settle.

"Let's go. Leave this matter to the teacher. She'll probably verify it with the higher-ups," Bai Xu transmitted.